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Summary: Where are Aba aba found? Join Kiersten as she tells where you can find these amazing fish.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Gymnarchus niloticus” Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org “Gymnarchus niloticus, Aba aba” Seriously Fish, https://www.seriouslyfish.com “Morphology o...

Summary: What’s an Aba aba? It’s our next unknown creature! Join Kiersten as she introduces us to the Aba aba fish.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Gymnarchus niloticus” Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org “Gymnarchus niloticus, Aba aba” Seriously Fish, https://www.seriouslyfish.c...

Summary: Are Screamers in need of conservation? Join Kiersten to find out!   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org Data Zone by Bird Life: https://datazone.birdlife.org IUCN Red List: https://www.iucnredlist.org American Bird Conservancy: https://abcbirds.org/bird/southern-scre...

Summary: Join Kiersten as she talks about the eyes and beaks of the Screamer.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill “The evolutionary relationship among beak shape, mechanical advantage, and feeding ecology in modern birds,” by Guillermo Naval, Jen A. Bright, Jesus Marugan-...

Summary: Do Screamers actually scream? Find out in this episode of Ten Things I Like About Screamers.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  “Observations on the Horned Screamer,” by Frank B. Gill, F.J. Stokes, and C.C. Stokes. Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 86 (1974), Iss. 1, Art. 6. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/wilson_...

Summary: You mean Screamers have even more physical oddities? Yep! Join Kiersten to find out about more anatomical anomalies of Screamers.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill “A peculiar association: the skin and the subcutaneous diverticula of the Southern Screamer (Chau...

Summary: Can Screamers get any stranger? You bet! Join Kiersten as she discusses some skeletal anomalies that Screamers possess.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Functional significance of the uncinate processes in birds”, by Pete G. Tickle, A. Roland Ennos, Laua E. Lennox, Steven F. Perry, and Jonathan R. C...

Summary: What is it with those spurs? Join Kiersten as she takes a closer look at Screamer spurs.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  “On the Spurs On Birds’ Wings,” by R. L. Rand. The Wilson Bulletin, June 1954, Vol. 66, No. 2. Birds of the World: https:// birdsoftheworld.org Screamers: https://animaldiversity...

Summary: Do Screamers hang out with other Screamers? That depend on the specs. Join Kiersten to find out a little about the social structure of each species of Screamer.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Aspects of the Biology of the Horned Screamer in Southwestern Colombia,” by Luis G. Naranjo. The Wilson Bu...

Summary: How do Screamers make more Screamers? Join Kiersten to find out about Screamer reproduction.    For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg by Tim Birkhead Music written and p...

Summary: There are three species of Screamers. Join Kiersten to meet each one of them in more detail.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org Encyclopedia of Life: https://eol.org Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is...

Summary: What’s all that racket? Could it be a Screamer? Join Kiersten to find out. Show Notes:  Screamers: https://animaldiversity.org Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast...

Summary: Bat conservation is the subject of the final episode of the series on bats. Join Kiersten as she talks about what is going on to help bats.    For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Books: “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson “America’s Neighborhood Bats,” by Merlin Tuttle “The Bat...

Summary: Join Kiersten as she lays out some of the coolest facts about bats!   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work?united-states/arizona/stories-in-arizona/top-10-bat-facts/ https://www.doi.gov/blog/13-facts-about-bats https://batcon.org Bat honking link: http:/...

Summary: How do bats help people? So many ways! Join Kiersten as she tells us why we should be thanking bats.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  Merlin Tuttle Bat Conservation: https://www.merlintuttle.org “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson Music written and performed by Katherine...

For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I’m Kiersten, your host, a...

Summary: Bats what to fly into your hair and suck your blood! False! In this episode Kiersten talks about some of the most common myths about bats and uncovers the truth.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Thin...

Summary: To migrate or not to migrate? How do bats deal with cooling temperatures? Join Kiersten as she travels through bat migration.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  “America’s Neighborhood Bats,” by Merlin Tuttle “The Bats of Europe and north America,” by Wilfried Schooner and Eckard Grimmberger “Flying-F...

Summary: How do bats make more baby bats? Let us count the ways! Join Kiersten as she discusses the various reproductive techniques bats use to make more bats.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson Music written and performed by Katherine Camp Transcr...

Summary: Now that we've talked about Megachiroptera, let's talk about Microchiroptera! Join Kiersten as she talks about the smallest bats.   For my hearing impaired followers, a transcript follows the show notes on Podbean.   Show Notes: “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is...

Summary: Join Kiersten as she talk about the largest bats in the world, the Megachiroptera. Don’t worry it’s not scary at all!   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: https://www.ecologyasia.com https://batcon.org “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson Music written and performed by Katherin...

Summary: To this day, bats have been one of the most misunderstood animals. Join Kiersten as she reveals what bats are and begins a new series about these amazing creatures.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Bats in Question: A Smithsonian Answer Book,” by Don E. Wilson Music written and performed by Katherin...

Episode 94: Nepenthes: Conservation Summary: How are Nepenthes doing in the wild? Can we help them if the need help? Join Kiersten as she answers these questions and more about Nepenthes conservation.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Nepenthes Conservation: Preserving Earth’s Carnivorous Marvels,” Singapore...

Summary: Do plants eat meat? Yes they do! Join Kiersten as she discusses the diet of Nepenthes which includes more than just meat.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Caught in a Trap,” The Biologist 62(2) p12-14. “Nepenthes lowii: the carnivorous plant that evolved into a toilet,” by Paul Simons. The Guardian,...

Summary: How do Nepenthes become big strong plants? Join Kiersten as she walks through the stages of Nepenthes life cycle.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Nepenthes. Wikipedia (This page is well referenced). ”Pitcher Plant: Tropical Pitcher Plants-Nepenthes sp.” The North Creek Wetland, https://www.uwb.edu T...